Week 10

Hi Everyone,

This week was pretty good as always. We were able to meet with Song
Han Myeong again in the hospital. We talked with him for awhile and
shared a message about trials. We shared scriptures about when Joseph
Smith was in jail and called upon God to help him. Brother Song really
connected to this when we taught him. He said in english, "woah, my
situation!" haha (maybe a little different). He asked a lot of
questions about why we have trials and why would God give us such
"big" trials in our lives. He felt very down about himself because he
cannot work and he feels like he is failing his family. He has two
daughters in middle school and elementary and a newborn son. We taught
him that trials are how we can learn and also to test our faith. We
gave him a new Book of Mormon and he said he would read it! He also
said he would pray a lot more, so hopefully he can strengthen his
faith! We testified to him that if he read the Book of Mormon and
prayed, that he would strengthen his faith and his situation with his
family will all work out. He is such a cool guy!
On Saturday, we met again with Vicky and Julie for english class. We
talked about friends and why it is important to have true friends. We
shared a talk by Sister Dalton about True friends. The only way to
have true friends is to BE a true friend. They really liked that. We
talked for about an hour, they asked a lot of questions about America
and about some english grammar so they weren't too focused. Before we
ended we asked them how they felt about their homework we gave them
last week. Last week, we gave them homework about gratitude. they were
supposed to text us 2 things every day about what they were thankful
for that day. Vicky said that she realized that she has been given any
things and feels more appreciative for them. Then Julie said that the
homework was a good assignment and she said that maybe, just maybe,
she felt that God was with her that week. Apparently she had a tough
week but looking for things to be thankful for made her feel something
different (maybe God). So that was great! She seems to be progressing
without her even knowing.

-elder carter